Search for dissertations about: "Adaptability"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 173 swedish dissertations containing the word Adaptability.
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11. Social learning in the Anthropocene : Governance of natural resources in human dominated systems
Abstract : We live in the Anthropocene – an age where humans dominate natural systems – and there is ample evidence that our current practices degrade the capacity of natural systems to provide us with natural resources. How we, as humans, organize and learn, in communities and among state and other societal actors, constitute a decisive factor for both local management of natural resources and the functioning of the planet Earth. READ MORE
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12. Watermarks : Urban Flooding and Memoryscape in Argentina
Abstract : The relationship between social experience and action in the context of recurrent disasters is often thought of in terms of adaptation. This study problematises this assumption from an anthropological perspective by analysing the memoryscape that mediates past experiences of disasters. READ MORE
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13. New threats - Old Routines : bureaucratic adaptability in the security policy environment
Abstract : Huvudfokus för denna avhandling är området byråkratisk förändringsbenägenhet i förhållande till omvärldsutveckling på det säkerhetsrelaterade området. Den forskningsfråga som står i centrum är: Hur kan man tidsmässigt förkorta processen från upptäckten av nya hotförutsättningar till att nödvändiga skyddsåtgärder implementerats, och var finns flaskhalsarna? Syftet är att från olika infallsvinklar studera samspelet och kopplingarna mellan de statliga institutioner som har att uppmärksamma och varna för olika former av antagonistiska hot, och de strukturer som har att planera för samhällsberedskapen genom att snabbt och smidigt omsätta dessa signaler till styrande inriktningar med motsvarande resursallokeringar till utsatta sektorer. READ MORE
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14. Improving the Adaptability of the End-host : Service-aware Network Stack Tuning
Abstract : The Internet of today is very different from how it used to be. Modern networked applications are becoming increasingly diverse. Consequently, a variety of requirements must be met by the network. Efforts to make the underlying mechanisms of the Internet more flexible have therefore been made to adapt to this diversification. READ MORE
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15. Public procurement of engineering services : Task characteristics, control modes and effects on adaptability
Abstract : Previous research has emphasized the importance of engineering services and adaptability in the early stages of construction projects. Public clients usually procure engineering services from private companies, which makes their procurement strategies important in creating incentives for adaptability and innovation for the service providers. READ MORE